Badaun case: Girls committed suicide, not killed, claims CBI
The cousins were found hanging from a tree earlier this year
New Delhi: Putting to rest all speculations regarding possible “honour killing” of the two sisters in the infamous Badaun case, the CBI has claimed that the sisters had allegedly committed suicide.
Sources said the agency’s investigations have ruled out the involvement of people who were prime suspects in the case till now.
The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, which conducted the forensic analysis, had already ruled out sexual assault on the victims.
Sources in the CBI refused to divulge other details of the findings of the team probing possible “honour killing” of the two sisters in the infamous Badaun case.
The incident had come to light on May 28 when the bodies of two cousins — aged 14 and 15 years old — were found hanging from a tree in a village in UP’s Badaun district, sparking a nation-wide outrage.
They had gone missing from their homes on the night of May 27. The agency is looking at the role of a local politician who allegedly influenced the family to put blame of the killing on the five suspects.